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Who was john Ruskin? Writer, Critic, and Artist. Date and Place of Birth: 8th February 1819, London, England. Family Background: Son of John James Ruskin, a successful wine merchant (colleague of Domecq) and avid art lover. Education: Christ Church College, Oxford. Chronology: Written Works: 1837: “The Poetry of Architecture.” 1843: “Modern Painters.” 1846: “Modern Painters” (Part 2). 1849: “The Seven Lamps of Architecture.” 1851: “Examples of the Architecture of Venice”. Pre-Raphaelitism. The Stones of Venice, Part 1. 1853: “The Stones of Venice” Part 2-3. 1854: “Lectures on Architecture and Painting.” 1856:”Modern Painters”, Parts 3-4 1857: “The Political Economy of Art”. 1859: “The Two Paths.” 1860: “Modern Painters” Part 5. 1862: “Unto the Last.”. 1865: “Sesame and Lilies”. 1866: “The Crown of the Wild Olive”. “Ethics of the Dust.”. 1867: “Time and Tide”. 1869: “The Queen of the Air”. 1870: “Lectures on Art”. 1871: “Fors Clavigera”.”Letters to the Workmen and Labourers of Great Britain”. 1872: “The Eagle's Nest.”. “Nunera Pulveris”. 1874: “Val d'Arno”. 1875: “Deucalion”. “Mornings in Florence”. 1880: “Arrows of the Chace”. “Elements of English Prosody”. 1884: “The Art of England”. 1885: “On the Old Road”. “Praeterita”. Marriage: 10th April 1848 to Euphemia Chalmers Gray. Places of Interest: CUMBRIA: Brantwood. The house he lived his later years and died in. Edge of Lake Coniston. Date and Place of Death: 20th January 1900, Coniston, Cumbria, England. Age at Death: 81. Site of Grave: St. Andrew's Churchyard, Coniston, Cumbria, England. (Donald Campbell is now buried in the same Churchyard). Further Information: Ruskin Society of London c/o D Forbes 351 Woodstock Road Oxford OX2 7NX